Police investigating early-morning shooting on Coral Street

Police were investigating a shooting early this morning after a man showed up at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus suffering from a gunshot wound.

The victim, 21, was listed in critical condition this morning, according to police. He has not been publicly identified by police.

According to a friend's account given to police, the victim and the friend were sitting in the car on Coral Street when someone fired into the vehicle. The friend then drove to the hospital.

Shortly after arriving at the hospital around 3 a.m., the victim was transferred to the trauma center at the University Campus of UMass, according to police scanner broadcasts.

Detectives and crime scene investigators were summoned to the emergency room ambulance bay of Memorial Hospital, to examine a white Ford Taurus Limited with New York license plates, as well as Coral Street, where the shooting was believed to have occurred.

Police were focusing their efforts early this morning on the area of Coral Street, near Harrison Street, where they reportedly found a shotgun shell casing and shattered glass, according to scanner reports. The driver's side front window of the Taurus was shattered.

Detectives remained on Coral Street after 4:30 this morning searching the road for evidence.